Kettle-cover fastening.



PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906.

APPLICATION FILED OOT.9.1905'.

UNITED STATES" PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW W. NELSON, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO COLUM- BIANENAMELING & STAMPING COMPANY, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA,

A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW W. NELSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Terre Haute, in the county of Vigo and State of Indiana,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Kettle-CoverFastenings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to kettle-cover fastenings or mechanism by means ofwhicha detachable cover may be temporarily secured upon a receptaclewhich it is designed to cover, these conditions being best illustratedin an ordinary stove-kettle, which it is necessary to cover and uncoverduring the operation of cooking and to lift up from time to time andplace in diiierent positions or tilt for pouring contents.

The object of my invention is to provide mechanism of the classdescribed which can be easily and cheaply manufactured and installed,which is efficient in operation, and is not readily liable to get out oforder.

My invention consists in a novel mechanism' for detachably securing acover to the kettle or other receptacle in such a way that i it canreadily be detached, and when the receptacle with the cover upon it islifted the cover is more firmly fastened upon the receptacle or kettleas increased lifting force is applied at the proper point, and in whicheven though lifting force be applied at an improper point the covercannot readily be detached from engagement with the receptacle orkettle.

My invention more narrowly consists in the use of two handles, onepermanently attached to the kettle-cover and the other bearing upon thisfirst handle and having a connection with the mechanism engaging theside of the kettle, so that lifting the detachable handle serves toclamp the locking mechanism, and also so that on lifting the permanenthandle the detachable handle is not disturbed in a way to disengage thelocking mechanism.

My invention also consists in details of construction to be hereinaftermore fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical central sectional detail viewthrough mechanism illustrating my invention in its preferred form. Fig.2 is a corresponding view of Fig.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 9, 1905. Serial No. 282,025.

Patented June 12, 1906.

1, showing the position of the parts when the device is ready to havethe cover removed. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the lookingmechanism removed from both the kettle and the cover.

Again referring to the drawings the numeral 10 indicates the bottom, andthe numeral 11 the wall of any receptacle to which it is desired toapply the mechanism to my invention, in the most common case, asheretofore stated, a kettle for use upon an ordinary cook-stove.

For best results some sort of a flange 12 should be provided upon theedge of the ket tle, on which the locking mechanism, to be hereinafterdescribed, can find ready engagement. A Well-roughened surface or holesin the edge of the wall of the kettle or other receptacle might be usedfor this purpose without departing from my invention. For this kettlejust described I provide a cover 14 of ordinary construction adapted tofit over the edge or rim or flange 12 of the kettle and substantiallyclose the top of the kettle in the ordinary manner, in which such covershave for a long time been used in kitchens and elsewhere. Upon the topof this cover and preferably at approximately its center I provide astationary handle 15, and at one edge of the cover I provide a hook orhooks 17 or other suitable gripping means adapted to engage the flange12 or roughened edge or hole or holes cut in the edge of the kettle, asheretofore described.

In the particular construction here illus trated these gripping membersor hooks 17 and the permanent handle 15 are made of one piece of wire18, secured to the top of the cover by the straps 20, passing around thewire 18 and through suitable slots in the cover 14, as shown. Thismethod of securing the wire 18, bearing the handle 15 and the grippingmeans 17, to the cover is not a part of my invention, and it is entirelyimmaterial how such attachment is made.

I also provide an independent detachable member consisting of, first, agripping means, such as hook or hooks 22, adapted to engage in any ofthe manners heretofore described the edge of the kettle at a pointopposite to the gripping mechanism 17, heretofore described; second, agripping-handle 23, adapted to normally fit against the permanent handle15, heretofore described, and upon the side thereof toward the grippingmeans 17, heretofore described, and upon the opposite side of the handle15 from the gripping mechanism 22, heretofore described, and, third,long wires 25 or other suitable means connecting this handle 23 and thegripping mechanism 22, these wires normally passing under the handle 15,as shown.

The parts heretofore described are assembled as shown in the figures,from which it will readily be seen that when the operator takes hold ofthe movable handle 23 and lifts up upon the same, thereby moving it tothe dotted-line position in Fig. 1, tension is brou ht to bear upon thewires 25, with the result t iat as the handle 23 is lifted the grippingmechanisms 17 and 22 are drawn toward each other, (the handle 23 bearingagainst the handle 15,) and these mechanisms thereby tightly grip theedge of the kettle, and that the more lifting force there is applied tothe handle 23 the tighter these gripping means 17 and 22 will befastened upon the edge of the kettle, this irrespective of whether saidgripping means engage such a flange 12 as is shown or whether theyengage a roughened edge of the kettle or holes in the bare edgesthereof, as heretofore described.

In view of the foregoing it will readily be seen that as long as liftingforce is applied to the handle 23, thereby retaining it in thedotted-line position of Fig. 1, or approximately that position, thecover cannot be detached from the kettle. When the operator releases hisor her grip upon the handle 23 in the dotted-line osition of Fig. 1 andmoves it down to the fu lline position, it will be seen that thegripping mechanisms 17 and 22 still loosely retam their hold. upon theedge of the kettle and that the operator may take hold of the handle 15and lift or tilt the kettle without, so long as he or she holds themovable handle in the vertical full-line position of Fig. 1, disengagingthe kettle-cover from the kettle. It is not designed that the kettleshall be lifted in this way; but this safety feature is considered anadvantage in the event of lifting being accidentally attempted by meansof the handle 15. When now it is desired to remove the kettle-cover fromthe kettle, the operator, with the parts in the so that the device maybe applied to old as well as new kettle-covers.

It will readily be seen that by this mechanism when properly used theperson operating the device may lift a kettle full of hot liquid orother materials from the stove and tilt the same for pouring withoutgrasping the edge of the kettle and without danger of the kettle beingdetached from the cover in the opera tion of lifting or tilting, therebyendangering the operator by the spilling of the hot contents of thekettle or other receptacle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

' 1. In mechanism of the class described, in combination with thereceptacle to be covered and a cover for the same; gripping means on oneside of the cover adapted to engage the edge of the receptacle to becovered, a normally stationary handle rising from approximately thecenter of the receptacle-cover, and an independent member comprising; ahandle for the center of the cover, means for engaging the edge of thereceptacle and connecting means between the same and said handle; saidindependent member passing under and bearing against said stationaryhandle in such a way that as the second handle is lifted the grippingmeans connected with it is forced into engagement with the edge of thereceptacle opposite to said first gripping means whereby said cover isheld upon the receptacle.

2. In combination with a kettle and cover for the same a stationaryhandle at the center of the cover and gripping means at one edge of thecover, said stationary handle and gripping means being formed from onepiece of wire permanently secured to the cover by any suitable means;and an independent member also made of one piece of wire com osed ofgripping means adapted to engage t e kettle on the opposite side fromsaid first gripping means, wires extending from said last gripping meanstoward and under said permanent first handle and a movable second handleadapted to bear against said first handle on the opposite side of saidfirst handle from said second gri ping means; the whole being arrangedas S1OWI1 and described; so that lifting upon the movable second handleclamps the cover upon the kettle or receptacle and releasing the holdupon the said movable handle and tilting said independent member aboutthe first handle releases the gripping mechanism as described so thatthe cover may be removed from the kettle.

In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence oftwo witnesses.

ANDREW W. NELSON. Witnesses:

F. C. KEATING, O. L. TUssEL.

